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Trains between Swindon and Bristol Parkway running as normal following flood resilience work
Passengers can travel as normal between Swindon and Bristol Parkway this morning after Network Rail completed work to reduce the impact of flooding on the railway in Chipping Sodbury. Seven days of non-stop work took place in and around Chipping Sodbury tunnel in Gloucestershire to mitigate the impacts of flooding in the area and make […]
London Waterloo roof upgrade approaches halfway point as station celebrates 177th birthday
London Waterloo celebrated its 177th birthday on Friday 11 July, as work to upgrade the roof for the next few decades approaches the halfway mark. So far, 10 of the 25 station concourse bays have been completed with work ongoing on four of them. Work has also commenced on six of the nine porte cochere […]
TPE customers to be kept moving during major TRU work thanks to upgraded Huddersfield diversionary route
TransPennine Express (TPE) has increased the number of services on a key diversionary route between Manchester and Leeds to three trains per hour, keeping passengers moving while the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) continues to transform the railway. The uplift in services on the Calder Valley route, between Manchester Victoria and Mirfield via Hebden Bridge, will […]
Industry bodies urge action on Midland Main Line electrification ‘pause’
The Rail Forum (RF) and the Railway Industry Association (RIA) have today (14 July) written a joint letter to Rail Minister Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE, responding to the Government’s decision announced last week to ‘pause’ the Midland Main Line electrification upgrade. The letter highlights that the choice to keep this key rail enhancement […]
Satisfaction with assisted rail travel remains unchanged as ORR sets out new operator rating system
The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) latest survey shows once again there remain too many instances of passengers not receiving the help they had booked. As part of the regulator’s priorities for the coming year, it will benchmark and rate each operator on its delivery of passenger assistance to better target interventions. More than […]
Satisfaction with assisted rail travel remains unchanged as ORR sets out new operator rating system
The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) latest survey shows once again there remain too many instances of passengers not receiving the help they had booked. As part of the regulator’s priorities for the coming year, it will benchmark and rate each operator on its delivery of passenger assistance to better target interventions. More than […]